Sugar Batteries: Storing 20% More Energy Than Lithium Ion Batteries
TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE, TOKYO, JAPAN. The development of sugar batteries is a good replacement for lithium ion batteries that are expensive. There is a limited supply of lithium ion batteries that...
View ArticleNew Battery To Last For 1,000 Charge Cycles Without Degrading
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, USA. Researchers and engineers have recently developed a grid-scale battery that can last for about a thousand charges without degrading. Renewable energy has always...
View ArticleStanford Engineers Create World’s First Solar Cell Stickers
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, USA. Engineers have successfully created flexible and lightweight solar cells which may be attached to almost any surface just like a sticker. As compared to the...
View ArticleFuel From Sunlight Comes From Engineered Bacteria
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, USA. Right now, the chemical industry is aiming to replace fossil fuels as raw materials. To do so, chemical precursors need to be grown for fuels and...
View ArticleCreating Biodegradable And Renewable Plastics Through Pine Sap
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA. Through the process of polymerization, pine or Evergreen sap can be chemically altered to become biodegradable plastics. This new breakthrough...
View ArticleArtificial Micromotors for Cleaning Polluted Water
Rapid increase in environmental pollution due to a fast growing population has become a concern, which requires serious political and scientific attention. Artificial micromotors hold a great potential...
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